WHAT A START!!
England in India 2021
- Thread starter TheGame
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He is. And England need to appreciate him. He's bowling the same pace here as he was in the tests - maybe they should work out a way to manage his elbow instead of questioning his commitment?
Archer v Pant will be great.
England are comfortably the better T20 side.
He has not bowled particularly well in Test Cricket since smashing Smith on the head.
Completely different proposition in the shorter formats. One of the best in the world.
Not writing him off Test wise, that would be insane. But it's no guarantee.
Not in India we aren't.
Pant 
That was a far better shot than the one off Jimmy.
You couldn't pay me £1M to do that off Jofra.
You couldn't pay me £1M to do that off Jofra.
He is insane. I never thought someone could top De Villiers for innovative batting but this guy is taking it up a notchPant
Jesus Wood is quick.
I hope you're right, but I'm not so sure.
Nice tribute to our Test match batting from India here.
Similar runs per over too.
Brilliant over from Wood. Pant will fancy it if he can get through to face Curran though.
Maybe, I'm just pointing out it is far from a guarantee we stroll out to India and hammer you.
Have to say I don't like the India retro kit at all. Thoughts from Indian fans?
Can see them giving him surgery after the IPL to try and get him 100% for the India series at home. He's definitely not completely right at the moment, he's 5-10mph down.
I banged on about this during the IPL to the point I bored myself, but it does seem quite conservative in the sense of laying a platform and then exploding.
This looks like a really poor pitch, mind, not sure anyone's timed it well so far.
Yes and hilarious that there was lot of talk of being "explosive" and "different" this time around and we're just served more of the same.
150/60 will be a decent score on this is my early guess.
Looks a good way off at 48/4 with Pant gone.
i hope Bairstow commits to not playing test cricket personally
Wood has looked the best bowler so far. Bet the IPL teams are gutted he pulled out of the auction.
Looks like a rapid pitch to me.
A bit two paced, at least before the dew, I think.
In flat tracks maybe but India's strength in depth puts them above I would say. England have quite a few weaknesses that India have the tools to exploit.
Iyer showing his talent. Brilliant innings.
Yeah he's a lovely player. Next India captain I reckon.
Too soon to say that but he has done a really good job with Delhi in IPL. I will always say Kohli is not a good limited over captain, especially t20s.
Fantastic bowling and fielding effort from England.
Looks 30 short on par.
Looks 30 short on par.
Not that I don't like it, but it could easily be worse. It could be Saffron
I could watch these two bat all day.
Genuine question. What is our approach and what should we do different? Have been out of cricket till recent aus series. Thanks
Done in 12 overs?
We lost 2 in last 10. Must be working considering our record. England were just better today.
Probably as good a performance as England could produce that. Conditions suited them too.
India's big problem is the opening batting slots IMO. They seem to fall behind the game a lot in those opening overs and it makes it harder for the guys coming later.
The best thing from England's POV would be for India to produce slow turners for the rest of the series. It will give them some preparation before the T20 WC.
India's big problem is the opening batting slots IMO. They seem to fall behind the game a lot in those opening overs and it makes it harder for the guys coming later.
The best thing from England's POV would be for India to produce slow turners for the rest of the series. It will give them some preparation before the T20 WC.
Batting first in t20's is very hard
It's just stupid. Doing feck all when the fielding restrictions are in place and putting all the pressure on your lower order to make up extra runs with the field spread out.
It seems like they're rewarding the immensely selfish batting of someone like Rahul by making him the vice captain of the back of that dreadfully IPL season he had.
India didn't really try to bat slow today though, most of the batsmen got out trying to play shots